Stage name of Micaela Flores Amaya. She began to dance when she was a young girl, at the tables of the cafes in Barcelona, and later took classes with Emma Maleras. In the 1950s her popularity was given a big boost by the Catalan critics and intellectuals. She is famous for the photographs that appeared in the weekly Paris Match with paint on her bare feet and dancing on a canvas provided by Dalí, and the photographs with Miró and Sebastià Gasch taken by Francesc Català-Roca.